G2 Vendor Directory

Microsoft Defender XDR vs. NetWitness Platform

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMicrosoft Defender XDR

by Microsoft

NetWitness Platform

by NetWitness

Overall rating4.53.9
Review count28824
Ease of use9.08.0
Ease of setup8.77.9
Quality of support8.97.9
Meets requirements9.08.2
NPS68.26568321.73913
Small Business23.6%12.5%
Mid-Market37.2%33.3%
Enterprise39.2%54.2%
Total page views416252
Total LLM citations4,955629

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Defender XDR is a unified pre- and post-breach enterprise defense suite that natively coordinates detection, prevention, investigation, and response across endpoints, identities, email, and applications to provide integrated protection against sophisticated attacks.

Pros

  • Automation
  • Deployment Ease
  • Detection Efficiency
  • Features
  • Remediation Automation
  • Ease of Use

NetWitness Platform

NetWitness is a comprehensive threat detection, investigation and response platform that combines visibility, analytics, insight, and automation into a single solution. It collects and analyzes data across all capture points (logs, packets, netflow, endpoint and IoT) and computing platforms (physical, virtual and cloud), enriching data with threat intelligence and business context.

Pros

  • Investigation
  • Threat Detection
  • Centralized Management
  • Features
  • Security Investigation
  • Cybersecurity